Should i gem armour penetration or strenght

[Braxze]

This confuse me a bit... I have around 4,7gs and my strength is 1887 and armour penetration is around 20%
Should i gem armour penetration or strenght at this point to max my dps at this low lvl??

Thanks

[Thraxox]

This confuse me a bit... I have around 4,7gs and my strength is 1887 and armour penetration is around 20%
Should i gem armour penetration or strenght at this point to max my dps at this low lvl??

Thanks

You are way too under geared for the moment even in terms of gemming , complete T 9-9.5 sets first and some before thinking about gemming since mostly you will replace most gear you have below 5k GS, so it would be a waste of money if you gem under 5k.

You need at least 800 passive ARP from gear before gemming, but for now don't waste your money on gems, just gear up from dungeon first til you reach 5.3k GS.

[Braxze]

Thanks, ill do... but after 5,3 then what??

[Thraxox]

Thanks, ill do... but after 5,3 then what??

Usually at 5.3k You start to have your T.9-9.5 and some T-10 (251 I lvl class gear) and you can gem them throughout since you mostly replace your 219's. But you have to maximize your Hit rating first, 164 for warrior (If you have the 3% hit skill) and 26/26 Expertise. You can get in raids with it comfortably and hopefully nabb some better gear.

[DarkenedHue]

Strength provides you Attack Power, which builds a stronger foundation of base damage. This is going to be your best stat at very low gear levels.

Armor Penetration reduces the degree to which an enemy's armour reduces your damage. Essentially, it works as a damage modifier. The damage dealt by your physical, non-bleed damage against enemies is increased by a mathematically-determined x%, based on the armour of the target and your Arp. So it basically multiplies your damage by that x%. When at low gear levels, however, your baseline DPS is pretty low. Multiplying that figure would not give an impressive result, so you'd be better off sticking to Strength to build up that baseline damage more effectively.

In addition to that, because of the way enemy armour works, the damage multiplier effect gained from Arp increases the more Arp your toon accumulates. Arp appreciates its own value. In a raid setting, the last ten points of Arp going from 1390 -> 1400 are worth about 1.5x more than the 10 points of Arp going from 0 -> 10.

All in all, Arp gets better when:
- your gear level across the board is sufficiently increased, and
- the amount of Arp on your gear is sufficiently high.

At your gear level you're most certainly better off sticking to Strength. At some point Arp overtakes Strength in value. If memory serves, for a Fury Warrior, this roughly happens around the time you have an average ilevel of 251-ish, and you have about 650-700 Arp on your gear. This is a very rough figure that fluctuates a lot depending on several other variables, so if you're interested in an answer more mathematically precise than a very broadly generalized level of gear and Arp, I would strongly suggest that you use a tool like the highly acclaimed Landsoul's Spreadsheet, or even Rawr (it's actually pretty great for Fury Warriors) to guide your gearing and gemming decisions.